One night when I was sick recently, I struggled to fall asleep. There played in my mind a rapid-fire slideshow of images I had seen on my phone while I was sick in bed. Advice, decor, shopping, Christmas traditions, clothes, and all kinds of information flashed in an endless loop, robbing me of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, sleep came, and when I woke up, I had no appetite for more images. Media was wearing me out, physically and mentally. It was time to consume less<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The solutions to our problems can almost always be articulated in a few simple words, or can be broken into simple steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Consume less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Say less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be less impressed with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drink more water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do one thing differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add one thing to your routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of these has been a solution, simply expressed, to different problems in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My best advice for a concrete, approachable solution to your biggest problem is to pray. Trust that the idea, motivation, help, or information you need will be given to you at the perfect time. It will almost always be a simple command or a sequence of simple, actionable steps. Really!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One night when I was sick recently, I struggled to fall asleep. There played in my mind a rapid-fire slideshow of images I had seen on my phone while I was sick in bed. Advice, decor, shopping, Christmas traditions, clothes, and all kinds of information flashed in an endless loop, robbing me of peace. Eventually, … Continue reading Simple solutions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,47,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela","category-promptings-of-the-spirit","category-dear-angie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31583"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31609,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31583\/revisions\/31609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}